Table ornament



H. U. DERNEHL TABLE ORNAMENT Pebl 19, 193s.

Filed Aug. 41s, 1954 WM i Patented Feb. 19, 1935 f' l f Y 1,991,602

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TABLE oRNABIEN'l` Herbert UQDernehl,Milwaukee, Wis.

Application August 13, 1934, Serial No. 739,631 4 oiaims. (o1. Iii-io)This invention relates to improvements in tableL that the two majorpartsv from which the ornaornaments and refers more particularly toimitament is made, namely the base Aand Sheet 10 Which tion neralpieces. is slit to provide the streamers and thearched It is an objectof this invention to provide an bang 8, may be prepared ready for useand sold 5 ornament of the character Vdescribed which is in a flat stateas shown in Figures 2 and3.v In 5V adapted to be sold in knocked downform. this condition, these two parts, with or without Another object'of this invention is to provide a supply of paper flowers, may. be putup for sale an ornament of this type which is of simple conas anarticleof commerce, and in View of Vthe struction and capable of beingmanufactured in exceptionally low-cost of thearticle, it finds an 1olarge quantities at very low cost. excellent market in ve and ten centstores. 10 Another object of this invention is to provide To assemblethe ornament, it is only necessary a table ornament made entirely ofstamped sheet to bend up the earsV 6 on the base and attach the metal soconstructed as to enable its'being sold Opposite ends of the band 8thereto by engaging inknocked down flat form to be set up by the thetangs 7 in the holes 9 and bending them down i3 purchaser to represent afloral display. as illustrated in Figure .1. 15

imm the above and other objects nvview which In View of the fact thatthe width of the sheet c will appear as the description proceeds, thisin- 10 from which the band fand the streamers are vention resides in thenovel construction, comformed, iS greater than the diameter 0f the base,bination and arrangement of parts substantially it follows that whenmounted on the base, the l0 as hereinafter described and moreYparticularly Aband assumes an arched shape to provide an at- 20 definedby the appended claims, it being undertractive support for thestreamers. stood that such changes in the precise embodi-I Theappearance of the ornament may be enment of the-hereindisclosed.invention'may be hanced by twisting the streamers orstems if made as come within the scope of the claims. desired. Theaccompanying drawing illustrates` one What I claim as my invention is:25 complete example of the physical embodiment of 1. A table ornament ofthe character described the invention constructed accordingV to the bestcomprising, a base, a sheet metal band attached mode so far devised forthe practical application atits ends to the base'and arched across thetop of the principles thereof, and in which: y of the base, and aplurality of ribbon-like stream- Figure 1 is a perspective View of theornament Vers extending in all directions from the opposite 30 set upand ready for use; Y. side edges of said sheet metal band, said bandFigure 2 is a plan view of one of the two parts and streamers beingintegrally connected. of the device in its flat form as sold; and 2. Atable ornament of the character de- Figure 3 is a plan view of the baseof the orscribed,icomprising a base, a sheet metal band nament.Vattached at its ends to the base and arched across 35 Referring now moreparticularly to the. acthe top of the base, a plurality of ribbon-likecompanying drawing, the numeral 5 designatesv streamers extending in alldirections from the the base of the ornament which in the presentinopposite side edges of said sheet metal band, said stance is in theform of a disc of sheet metal band and streamers being integrallyconnected,

40 having diametrically opposite ears 6 from which and imitation iiowersattached to the extremities 40 attaching tangs 7 project. K of saidribbon-like streamers.

The ears 6 are adapted to be folded up on a 3. As an article ofcommerce, an ornament in line substantially forming a cord connectingthe knockedvdown form to be set up by the puropposite inner corners ofthe ears to mount an chaser, comprising, a flat sheet of thin flexiblearch-like band 8 which is attached to the ears metal substantiallyrectangular in shape 'and slit 45 by engagingV the tangs 7 in suitableopenings 9. from its opposite ends toward the center thereof The band 8is formed by a central solid porbut short of the center of said sheet,whereby said tion'of asheet of thin exible metal 10 whose. sheet has anunslit central portion providing a Opposite end POIOnS ae Sht aS at 11t0 divide band extending transversely across the sheet and the same intoa multiplicity of narrow ribbons or a multiplicity of parallelribbon-like strips ex- 50 streamers 12 Which, When the Ornament iS ySettending from the opposite side edges of said band 11p, eXenClhaphazaldly fOm the arch band 8 aS to the ends of the sheet, and a basehaving means illustrated in Figure 1 and have imitation flowers towhichthe opposite ends of said band are at- 12 fixed to their outerends. V. tachable, said attaching means of the base being The featureofthe invention resides inthe fact spaced apart a distance less than thelength of 55 said band, whereby attachment of the band thereto causesthe band to assume an arched shape over the base. Y

4. The hereindisclosed method of making a table ornament of thecharacter described, which consists in slitting a substantiallyrectangular piece of vsheet metal from opposite ends toward the centerto divide said piece of sheet metal into a plurality of parallelribbon-like strips at opposite sides of a central unslit portion,bending the sheet transversely so that its unslit portion provides aband substantially in the shape of an arch, attaching the ends of saidarched bandA to a base, bending the ribbon-like strips up from saidribbon-like strips.

HERBERT U. DERNEHL. V

